learning by heart
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His quickness in learning by heart, his extraordinary memory, and the fluency with which he wrote and spoke Latin amazed his tutors.
From Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 by Ady, Julia Mary Cartwright
No one ever thought of reading the thing over to her, and fixing her attention on it by some little explanation; and learning by heart from a book did not come naturally to her.
From The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius by Grand, Sarah
Kristen Larssen had heard about S�ren Pedersen's powers of learning by heart, and tried to find out the mechanism of it.
From In God's Way A Novel by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne
Those who exert ingenuity as well as memory in learning by heart, may not, perhaps, associate sounds with so much expedition, but they will have the power of recollection in a greater degree.
From Practical Education, Volume II by Edgeworth, Maria
Much attention was paid to learning by heart the lessons of the previous day.
From Stories of Authors, British and American by Chubb, Edwin Watts
